Subaru Impreza WRX STI test drive since 2008 sedan

New wave

Impreza WRX STI cult for Subaru car. And the cult is always close to the cult. A cult gives rise to emotional excesses in the minds of people. A special attitude towards the subject of the cult. A fanatical attitude is not calm. And the changes in the appearance of the cult always cause both negative and violently positive emotions. In its last generation, WRX STI has changed a lot ...
I remember the WRX STI sedan, which I had to test, was loved by all Subarovites of corporate blue. Then no one had doubts, what color such a machine should be. The echoes of the victories of the legendary car, decorated with three magic tobacco numbers, were still fresh in memory. Nowadays, times are changing, and I get the car as if with a truncated genealogy. The color is black, and the body of the hatchback. About times, about morals.
But to hell with longing, to hell with past emotions New time, new songs, as Bogdan Titomir once used to say in his songs. Then the blue sedate time is the past. And fresh decisions, as you know, attract new buyers.
Among the potential and existing owners of this vehicles, they are full of young and active people who, not only by car, are not averse to driving, but also love to ride on other improvised means. And these funds were not so well placed in the sedan. Well, one problem is less, and one degree of freedom is greater. What is not a plus in the piggy bank of the achievements of the new car?
But, of course, the creators of the STI hatchback thought not about snowboarding and bicycles. One of the stories says that at one time, Subarovtsev pushed to a change of type of body no one else, like Peter Solberg in those days, the factory team Subaru sloppered in the WRC championship from the upper positions, and European hatchbacks came to the first places.
Someone will say that the hatchback is worse than the hardness of the body compared to the sedan. Other things being equal, yes. But not fools Japanese engineers, no worse know the essence of the problem and ways to eliminate it. But the obvious advantages of the five -door body are well known.
Due to the smaller length (in the new generation Impreza, the hatchback is 16.5 cm shorter than the sedan) less and the moment of inertia during turns. Yes, and the aerodynamics of such a body should be better (by the way, if we are talking about sports, then we are talking first of all not about the minimum frontal resistance, but about the clamping force, remember hugetics on the trunk of sedans).
Aesthetics from all these innovations only won. See how modest the tenth Evolution looks like a groomed evil hatch! No wonder, because the track here is expanded on each side of the front by 33 mm and as much as 66 behind. And how spectacularly flowed under the front optics on wide wings. How boldly crashed into the swollen rear arches of the lanterns, biting them slightly.
Yes, and feed with powerful diffuser and diluted exhaust pipes in the manner of EMOC BMW looks cool! Whatever they say, we like this car. It is more daring and fierce than any STI sedan from the past. Perhaps athletic forms here are slightly hypertrophied, but in general the appearance turned out to be harmonious. It is unfortunate that a strict black color steals part of the impression. Eh, blue would be here.
The salon will only be surprised by a character who has never seen a bucket of a rosaro or the central location of a tachometer on the instrument panel. The gaze of a professional will note the good readability of devices with spectacular red backlight, which changes the intensity depending on whether the optics is included. Also, the DCCD all-wheel drive control unit and the SI-Drive motor, which are located nearby, on the central tunnel, will also immediately grab the control unit.
The seats themselves are convenient and, of course, sports. You sit deeply, rollers support both legs and sides. At the steering wheel, adjustment is found not only in height, but also by departure. The pedals are located with a sight on riders at almost one height. A classic sports three-spoke steering wheel with the STI emblem and a laconic ball of a lever of a 6-speed checkpoint completes a fairly ascetic sports picture. On plastic, we will not know that it is oak everywhere. And from the gaze in the large mirrors-broods, as on a crossover, a sports mood disappears somewhere. It would be necessary to start a motor as soon as possible.
The once completely ascetic STI can now boast not only ESP, but a non -clock access system, as well as the engine start function from the button. I am for, but only because the standard ignition key looks inappropriately cheap for a car of this status.
The starter turns the opposition so carefully that it begins to seem that the battery is already at death. The engine grabs cheerfully, reporting this by a slight swaying of the body. As soon as the engine wakes up, the body begins to tremble, and the ears are filled with a horizontal-opposing balm of sound. That's just at this moment and you understand the truly in which car you are sitting.
So far I still do not know that with a tight clutch I pump up my leg well in the traffic jam, but only note that it grabs at the very end of the pedal, and for quick switching, having settled down, you can switch the steps without squeezing the clutch to the end. The first is good, with sensual effort. You do not understand the box, like the clutch drive, but when you shoot to the grooves, you begin to skillfully operate with the mechanism and get a real buzz from this.
On the move, I immediately remembered another innovation of the car of a new rear suspension on A-shaped levers. The comfort of the car is considerable its merit. I well remember that on the STI of the previous generation, the sensation of the work from the work was slightly different. The car was noticeably tougher, shook stronger.
This does not mean that the new STI has become soft. Plant the driver here a private car, and he will immediately note the rigidity of the suspension of the improvis. It was just before the sports tread was more pronounced. Now the car is more comfortable. She rides a little differently. For example, the rolls are tangible (as part of the laws of the genre), the car lifts the nose with sharp acceleration and also noticeably squats to the front wheels during intense braking.
But at the same time, the new STI is very confident. She does not bother her owner in trifles, indifferently filtering them. But it will also be able to spill into any steepness so that you will not think about the difference in the stiffness between the suspensions of the new version and the old. The question is who is driving and how many percent of the capabilities of this machine he can use.
Of course, this rhyme could be sharper. The steering wheel, in particular, although it is equipped with a confident feedback, but is long. Responses of the accelerator could also be slightly sharpened. Yes, and a turbo event is not observed here as such. And there is a feeling of some inertia of the tandem of the motor and transmission. But all these are trifles that are drowning in the sea of \u200b\u200badvantages and capabilities of the machine.
And a considerable part of them forms, of course, the Subarovsk system of all -wheel drive. It has slightly changed since the penultimate generation and is still held on three differentials, and the central active. The front is installed helicoid, and Torsen from behind. If we are talking about Auto, then in its work the central differential is based on a number of sensors, including acceleration sensors, the position of the steering wheel and turning around the vertical axis. Based on the obtained parameters, it changes the degree of locking, the loading of each of the four wheels, and, consequently, the nature of the rotation of the machine.
The driver, as before, is allowed to indulge in the operating modes of the Central Diff. As a rule, the highest degree is used on completely how many and unstable coatings, and on the asphalt, Diff is put in a relaxed position.
The most unlocked mode is directed and drifted oriented. Here, the front line is acting in much less stressful mode and you can do with the tail of the tail arbitrarily for a long time. But again, provided that the stabilization system is turned off.
This machine can also offer a lot of interesting adherents along the trajectory. Three self -blocks are not a joke, but the maximum traction transfer to each specific wheel with proper loading. Therefore, pleasure can be obtained both from a fan -driving and from a unique feeling of how the car literally bites into the asphalt with all the wheels, bursting forward in a frantic jerk. And doing it with visible ease!
To get closer to the overclocking seconds declared in the passport to a hundred, you will have to try. Below the 2.5-liter opposite is openly lethargic. Almost simultaneously with this STI, we tested the new Mazda 3 MPS against the Subaru background, it just shoots at idle revolutions. The most interesting thing is abroad 3,500 revolutions (of course, we are talking about the operating mode of the Sport Sharp motor compromise economical in the calculation). The car kicks you in the back of the rosaro chair, and here you have to be dexterous enough to very quickly and accurately (otherwise there will be a blow in the transmission) to insert a second gear between the stream of power.
STI’s move is very confident 200 km/h in two accounts and goes along the highway without moving, even if under the wheels the track and potholes. No nervousness. Like breakdowns never for all the time of the test. Considering that in Russia there are not so many smooth roads, the reduced rigidity of the suspension more than once or two will serve the owners of stock STI good service.
Brakes to the heap. Everything is thought out and good here. The intensity is dosed not by the pedal, but by the power of pressing, ABS works in a timely manner. This is not surprising, because the control electronics are advanced. The system is called Super Sport ABS (with sensors of lateral acceleration, rotation of the steering wheel and the angular velocity of the scan). The force is calculated for each wheel separately. There were no complaints about performance during the city test.
So what happens? Wasn't the global change of image that was not so scary? The answer is affirmative. The new Impreza WRX STI not only continues the traditions of predecessors, but also takes them to a new level. Yes, it is a little closer to life than a non -proprietary predecessor (but do not forget that she was mercilessly sent under the knife of tuning lovers). The presented version of the idol, cult and legends seem to us even more viable and justified than its predecessors.
But on the other hand, I will always remember these blue sedans Impreza WRX STI, which seemed to have come to our life from rally posters. They were impudent (especially a number of advanced versions), sports, evil. It was impossible to imagine the button for launching the motor and the stabilization system. But now they are a story. And the heroine of our test today turned this page with her appearance.
 
Technical characteristics Subaru Impreza Wrx STI
The type of engine is horizon-opposing, gasoline, four-cylinder with turbocharged
Working volume, cm3 2 457
Power (L.S. at rpm) 300/6 000
Torque (Nm at rpm) 407/4 000
The permanent drive is full, with an active central differential
Mechanical gearbox 6-speed
Front -type suspension mcpherson
The rear suspension is independent, on double A-shaped levers
Front ventilated discs brakes
Rear ventilated discs brakes
Length (mm) 4 415
Width (mm) 1 795
Height (mm) 1 475
Wheel base (mm) 2 625
Equipped mass (kg) 1 505
Fuel consumption:
In the city (l) 13.8
On the highway (L) 9.2
Combined (L) 10.3
Trunk (l) 389
Maximum speed (km/h) 250
Acceleration 0-100 km/h (sec) 5.2
The price of the tested car is 1 363 500 rubles
 
 
 

Source: Drom.ru